Title
Approve permanent staffing table request for the Sedgwick County Division of Health.
Body
Recommended Action: Approve the request for adding a Public Health Analyst position to the Division of Health staffing table for 2018.
Background:
A public health analyst position was eliminated in the 2018 adopted budget. In its place, a new position supported with General Fund and grant funded dollars is being requested for 2018. The position will monitor and report on community health status indicators, analyze trends of non-infectious and infectious disease data, respond to public requests for health data, and work on data projects related to community health assessments and health planning.
Data Book -
Division of Health staff collect, compile and analyze information available on Sedgwick County demographics and health from state and federal sources, including those listed below.
Quantitative data (numbers)
No input from the community
Repository for Sedgwick County health-related data
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS): BRFSS is the world’s largest, on-going telephone health survey system, tracking health conditions and risk behaviors in the United States yearly since 1984.
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Census Bureau
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
County Health Rankings
Healthy People 2020 and 2030
Institute of Medicine
Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)
Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT)
Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE), Report Cards
National Cancer Institute (NCI
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Selected Metropolitan/Micropolitan Area Risk Trends (SMART) BRFSS
Sedgwick County Division of Health
US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Community Health Assessment
- Variety of assessments conducted to gather information on the health of all Sedgwick County residents
- Uses quantitative and qualitative metho...
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